Justin Timberlake has pleaded guilty to a non-criminal traffic violation of driving while impaired following his arrest in June. The 43-year-old appeared in person at Sag Harbor Village Court in the Hamptons, New York state, on Friday to enter the new plea. The judge sentenced Timberlake to a $500 (£380) fine with a $260 surcharge
Disgraced Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on additional sex crimes charges in New York. Multiple accusers are prepared to testify against Weinstein, 72, assistant district attorney Nicole Blumberg told a court hearing on Thursday. However, the details of the indictment will not be disclosed until he is arraigned on the new charges.
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 12, 2024, 09:45 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, golf fans will get to watch the Solheim Cup in consecutive years. The competition between women’s teams from the
Satellite image of Hurricane Francine on Sept. 11th, 2024. NOAA GOES EAST U.S. crude oil jumped more than 1% to trade above $68 per barrel on Thursday, after Hurricane Francine churned through the Gulf of Mexico, disrupting oil production before making landfall in Louisiana. Oil futures rose more than 2% in the previous session as
Three Red Cross workers have been killed after aid vehicles were “attacked” by Russia in eastern Ukraine, officials in the country have said. The staff members, who were all Ukrainian, died in the village of Viroliubivka in the frontline Donetsk region today. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called their deaths a “war crime” and said Red
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Republican vice presidential nominee Ohio Sen. JD Vance on Thursday took a shot at Apple on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” stating he thinks the company benefits from “slave labor” in China. His comment was part of a broader conversation about taxing companies that rely on manufacturing in China.
Sir Keir Starmer has said that Russia started the Ukraine war and “could end the conflict straight away”. The prime minister is heading to Washington DC for talks with President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday over the ongoing conflict. Sir Keir has backed Kyiv’s right to defend itself after Russian leader Vladimir
An American billionaire has become the first person to take part in a private spacewalk – against the spectacular backdrop of the Earth. A spacewalk is considered one of the most dangerous activities an astronaut can do in orbit. SpaceX Polaris Dawn spacewalk – live updates Image: Pic: SpaceX It was delayed by around four
Holly Ramsay has announced she is engaged to Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty. The 24-year-old daughter of TV chef Gordon Ramsay revealed the news in a social media post. “I am marrying my best friend,” she wrote on Instagram, alongside photos of the pair and the engagement ring on her finger. “I truly cannot put into
The gap between how much money the state takes in and its spending will triple in the next 50 years, according to independent forecasters. Public debt will rise due to an ageing and ill population as well as climate change, the fiscal watchdog the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said. The ratio between debt
The billionaire founder of Revolut has sold shares worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the banking and finance app as he climbs the ranks of Europe’s wealthiest people. Sky News has learnt that Nik Storonsky, the company’s chief executive, sold between 40% and 60% of the stock that was offloaded by employees in a
Taylor Swift has won seven gongs at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), equalling Beyonce in a career total of 30 and matching her as most-awarded musician in VMAs history. Swift, who used her platform to urge Americans to vote in the upcoming presidential elections, picked up prizes including video of the year for
On today’s episode of Quick Charge, more than 78% of Trump voters support Biden’s IRA policies, we talk up Kia’s affordable EV3 electric car, share our favorite Trump-Harris debate memes, and industry analyst (and satirist) James Carter stops by to talk about the role of satire in the future of mobility. We also talk about Tesla’s
China is set to establish a moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035, with the project divided into two key phases. This ambitious initiative, led by China with Russia’s support, is part of the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) programme. Initially outlined in June 2021, the plan will involve constructing a basic robotic
Polaris Dawn, a private space mission has set a new record for the highest orbit reached by humans since NASA‘s Apollo programme. On 10th September 2024, the four-member Polaris Dawn crew aboard SpaceX‘s Dragon spacecraft Resilience achieved an apogee of 1,400.7 kilometres. This surpasses the 1966 Gemini 11 mission’s altitude of 1,373 kilometres, marking the
The Tories “squandered a golden inheritance” on the NHS, the health secretary has said – as he laid out three “fundamental shifts” to fix it. Wes Streeting told Sky News Tony Blair’s Labour government left the health service with the lowest waiting times and highest patient satisfaction “in the history of the NHS”. “What’s criminal
Almost 200 people have died and more than 125 are missing in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, according to local media. Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian country in decades, making landfall on Saturday with winds of up to 92mph (149kph) and causing flash floods and landslides. Some 197
A 17-year-old male has been arrested as part of the investigation into a cyber security incident affecting Transport for London (TfL). The teenager was detained in Walsall on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences in relation to the attack, which was launched on TfL on 1 September. He has been questioned by officers from the
Caroline Ellison, former chief executive officer of Alameda Research LLC, arrives to court in New York, US, on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lawyers for Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the prosecution of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, are recommending no prison time for their client’s role in the implosion
China is looking to challenge the U.S. in artificial intelligence. China’s tech giants have launched their own AI models. Niphon | Istock | Getty Images Global attention around generative artificial intelligence has been focused on big U.S. companies like OpenAI, Alphabet‘s Google and Meta. But some of China’s giants, from Alibaba to Tencent, have launched